Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Leander "Lee" Davis    
       Also known as: Lee Davis 1
                Born: 1853                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  2,3
                Died: Nov- 1-1919          in Reynoldsville, Harrison Co, WV  1,3
              Buried:                      in O'Neal (formerly IOOF) Cemetery, near Wilsonburg, Harrison Co, WV  1,4
             Resided: 1872                 in Doddridge Co, WV  2
              Father: Stephen C. Davis   (1832 -     ) 
              Mother: Jemima Kelley   (1831 -     ) 
                Wife: Leverna A. Carter   5  
       Also known as: Louvernia A. Kelley 5
             Married: Feb- 7-1872          in Doddridge Co, WV  6
                Born: ca 1852              in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  7,8
                Died: Feb-16-1895          in Harrison Co, WV  9
              Buried:                      in Mt. Olive Baptist Cemetery, Patterson Rd, Salem (Doddridge Co), WV  9
      Cause of death:                      Brights disease & heart trouble  9
              Census: 1870                 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Harrison Co, (W)VA  
              Father: John Carter   (1819 - 1902) 
              Mother: Harriet A. Hooper   (1828 - 1893) 
Other spouse 1
           F Child 1: Maggie Bertha Davis      
         Census name: Margaret B. 
                Born: Aug- 5-1875          in Doddridge Co, WV  10,11,12,2
                Died: Nov-30-1962          in Reynoldsville, Harrison Co, WV  11
              Buried:                      in Mt. Olive Baptist Cemetery, Patterson Rd, Salem (Doddridge Co), WV  11
              Census: 1900, 1920           in Coal District, Harrison Co, WV  
             Resided: 1893                 in Doddridge Co, WV  2
             Husband: Joshua Addison Sutton  b. Dec-19-1873  d. Nov- 4-1915  
       Also known as: Addison Sutton 5
             Married: Apr- 9-1893          in Doddridge Co, WV  2
           F Child 2: Mary G. "Mollie" Davis      
       Also known as: Mollie Davis 2
                Born: ca 1878              in Doddridge Co, WV  2
             Resided: 1899                 in Doddridge Co, WV  2
             Husband: Harry Bland  b. ca 1876  
             Married: May-13-1899          in Doddridge Co, WV  13
           F Child 3: Harriet Blanche Davis      
       Also known as: Hattie Davis 14
                Born: ca 1882              in Doddridge Co, WV  15
             Resided: 1902                 in Harrison Co, WV  15
             Husband: Charles Lewis Davis  b. Sep-11-1876  d. 1945  
         Census name: Charley Davis 
             Married: Mar-30-1902          in Reynoldsville, Harrison Co, WV  15
           F Child 4: Ella Vienna Davis      
                Born: Nov- 4-1882          in Doddridge Co, WV  11,16,3,17
                Died: Feb-15-1967          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  11,16,3
              Buried:                      in O'Neal (formerly IOOF) Cemetery, near Wilsonburg, Harrison Co, WV  11,18
              Census: 1900, 1910           in Coal District, Harrison Co, WV  
             Husband: Alexander L. "Doc" Williams  b. Jul- 1-1871  d. Oct- 6-1950  
       Also known as: Alexander W. Williams 17
             Married: Aug-24-1899          in Harrison Co, WV  17

Sources:
(1) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1555282&Type=Death. 
(2) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(3) Headstone (year only) 
(4) Cemeteries of Coal District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1990) 
(5) Marriage record of daughter. 
(6) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Leander Davis, single, 21, b. & res. in Doddridge Co, 
son of Stephen C. & Jemima Davis; and Leverna A. Hall, widowed, 18, b. & res. in Doddridge Co, dau of John & (blank) 
Kelley.  Married Feb 7 1872 in Doddrige County. 
NOTE:  Wife's widowed marital status is incorrect.  Her former husband remarried on Apr 21 1872.  Identification of 
wife's father as John Kelley, rather than John Carter, is an apparent clerical error. MR p. 186, Line 11 : 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11791192&Type=Marriage. 
(7) 1860 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA. 
(8) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) 
(9) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(10) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(11) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(12) 1900 Census, Harrison County, WV. 
(13) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Harry Bland, 23, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Mollie 
Davis, 21, b. & res. in Doddridge Co.  Married May 13 1899 "at the residence of John Carter," officiated by S. A. Ford, 
a Minister of the S.D. Baptist Church. 
NOTE:  John Carter was the grandfather of Mollie Davis. 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11793615&Type=Marriage. 
(14) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & 
Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 114. 
(15) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(16) Social Security Death Index. 
(17) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(18) Findagrave.com. 







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